Life Documented with I Heart Summer

Hello, Simple Stories fans! Melissa here today to share a 6x8 [email protected] album using the I Heart Summer line! The album documents a two week road trip that my husband I took this summer, and I'm so excited to be getting photos of this adventure scrapped!

 

Before I get started, I have a confession to make- I meant to put this album together on the road, and it never happened. I took it with me and even made a little kit of supplies to work on it while in the car (we drove nearly 4,000 miles total!), but we were already doing so much that a few days in I decided to put it all away and just enjoy the trip. It was a great decision, and now I'm getting to re-live those fun moments again as I scrapbook them.

I'm using a mix of 6x8 divided and full-size Pocket Pages as I assemble the album. The divided pages hold photos and journaling, and I'm using the full 6x8 pages to keep the brochures from each National Park we visited along with documentation from our various camp sites.  

 

As I'm scrapping the album (I'm sharing the first third of it today), I first choose photos and the Pocket Page that best matches them, and then I go back and add journaling cards and writing. Once I've done that for several pages, I then go back with embellishments and add a few touches here and there to finish things off. Simple Stories products make this a very quick process!

 

I always seem to include tons of photos in my Pocket Page layouts, which doesn't leave a lot of room for embellishment sometimes. In this album, I decided to add some fun little bits in the form of chipboard, stickers, and a title to each of the 6x8 memorabilia Pocket Pages, just for a little more color.

 

I love how Simple Stories makes a daunting task like documenting a massive vacation easy and fun, and I'm excited to dive in and finish up the rest of this album.

For supplies, I used the I Heart Summer collection along with a 6x8 [email protected] binder in brown and an assortment of 6x8 Pocket Pages (I used at least one of each design in the collection).

I Heart Summer Products Used:

• 12x12 Collection Kit
• Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers
• Expressions Cardstock Stickers
• 6x6 Paper Pad
• Decorative Brads
• Layered Stickers
• Flair Icons
• [email protected] Cards

Comments

[Christine A]

Thank you for sharing this! I too documented a two week road trip but to Northern California using the "Urban Traveler" line. I love the idea of using the 6x8 pocket pages and decorating them to hold brochures. I usually use the [email protected] pockets but have been unable to locate the Urban Traveler ones. Thanks for the idea!

[Kathy P]

Awesome album, Melissa! Can't wait to see the rest of it! So how many photos did you get into the whole album? And did you have to make more than one? A SNAP album would never hold even a week's worth of photos for me! Love this collection you used...thanks for the inspiration!!!

[Julie Tucker-Wolek]

This is sooooooo gorgeous! LOVING the colors and all the photos!!!

[Heather]

Hi Melissa, this looks great!! May I ask what you used to make your collages (2 in 1 photos) for this album? Thanks!